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Neko Case Profile

Neko Case, TCM Guest Programmer for December,
proves to be an ardent classic film fan. As she
explains to host Robert Osborne, she had a grandmother
who shared her love of movies as Neko was
growing up. Born in Alexandria, Va., Case developed a following
with her "country noir" style in Vancouver, Seattle
and Chicago before widening her audience with international
tours and appearances on network talk
shows. Her latest album, Middle Cyclone, debuted
earlier this year at No. 3 on the Billboard charts.

A Woody Allen fan, Case chooses Radio Days (1987)
as her favorite Allen film with its "celebration of the
entertainment industry." Elia Kazan's A Face in the
Crowd (1957) remains "shocking" to her in its satire
of the corruptive power of television. She admires
Orson Welles ("a force of nature") and Joseph Cot-
ten ("the foxy Everyman") in Carol Reed's The Third
Man (1949). The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) casts a
spell on her with its Oscar Wilde dialogue and appeal
to "art-history nerds." A bonus in Case's selections
is a collection of Dogville shorts from the 1930s.